At least three people were killed while dozens are feared trapped in a collapsed mine pit in Ghana's coastal Central region, Report informs, citing Xinhua.
Joe Donkor, Central regional director of the National Disaster Management Organization, told Xinhua that the incident happened in an abandoned mining pit of a large-scale mining company at Breman, a mining community in the Central Region:
"The pit collapsed around 9:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday. They went there after the anti-illegal mining task force had closed."
The official said there were four excavators at the scene when the team arrived, giving them a fair idea of the number of people who may have been working on the site at the time of the accident:
"Usually 11 small-scale miners man one excavator, so with four excavators, we suspect there could be more than 40 people on the site at the time of the incident."
"We are still on site hoping to rescue the rest of the people trapped underground, or at least recover their bodies if they are dead," the official added.